Spartiella barbata Tuzet & Manier ex Manier, 1968.

Valle, Laia Guardia & Stoianova, Desislava, 2020, First record of Harpellales, Orphellales (Kickxellomycotina) and Amoebidiales (Mesomycetozoea) from Bulgaria, including a new species of Glotzia, MycoKeys 67, pp. 55-80 : 55

Spartiella barbata Tuzet & Manier ex Manier, 1968. Fig. 18

Specimens examined.

Site 7: slide BUL-7-4; Site 10: slide BUL-10-3.

Notes.

This species was described from France ( Tuzet and Manier 1950) in the hindgut of Baetidae nymphs. Spartiella barbata is distinguished by its lobulate basal cell, obpyriform trichospores, measuring 21-26.5 × 6.5-7.5 µm in our specimens (Fig. 18 ) and the presence of one appendage tightly coiled just after release and then eventually uncoiling into a long delicate filiform structure. Spartiella barbata seems to be more common in Europe, where it has been recorded from France ( Tuzet and Manier 1950, Manier 1962b), United Kingdom ( Lichtwardt 1986) and Spain ( Valle 2007), with only one report of the species from North America, in Canada ( Strongman 2010).

Figures

Figures 17 - 20. Various species of Harpellales. 17 Smittium dipterorum from Chironomidae larvae; thallus overview with fertile branches and trichospores 18 Spartiella barbata from Baetidae nymphs, fertile branches with trichospores 19 Stachylina nana from Chironomidae larvae, thallus overview with trichospores 20 Stipella vigilans from Simuliidae larvae, thallus with mucilaginous material at the basal cell (arrow). Scale bars: 25 μm in all figures.